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Subject: [ILUG] Re: removing lilo
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"Hunt, Bryan" stated the following:
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> you need to do a "fdisk /mbr" from a bootable windoze floppy
> alternatively boot from linux boot disk and do fdisk, delete all partitions.

I need to ask a question concerning this issue.

What if I don't want to get rid of the MBR -- it will destroy the OS
on that drive.  How do I remove lilo without the above fdisk
procedure?

> -----Original Message-----
> From: jac1 [mailto:jac1@student.cs.ucc.ie]
> 
> i recently had to wipe linux from my pc but forgot to restore the original
> MBR (NT). Anyone know how i can do this? linux is entirely gone and no boot
> floppy. formatting the entire disk doesn't do it either.

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